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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "jamilah ahmed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamilahahmedjamilah3@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:19:50 +0200
Subject: thanks

Dear friend,
I am mandan jamilah ahmed kahlifa and I am from Syria, I have one child and I have lost my husband during the war in Homs.
more than three years ago, $ 10 billion pipelineistan deal was clinched between Iran, Iraq and Syria for a natural gas pipeline to be built by 2016 from Iran’s giant south pars field, traversing Iraq and Syria with a possible extension to Lebanon. Key export target market: Europe

my husband was awarded a contract that worth 37 million dollars, since the past two year and ten months ago my country plunged into civil war, there was no pipeline talk. Up until now.

Thank God that my husband did not save the fund in the house and he was clever enough to save the fund with a security vault in Switzerland. I want you to help me receive this fund in your name and also to help me to find a safe place to keep it.

to confirm what i am saying you should click this link below:

https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?df_id=7100&7100.donation=form1

Let me know if you are capable to help me, so that I would send you more details and some vital document that would enable you to contact the vault. if you are capable to handle the deal i will give you 30% of the 37 million.

Yours sincerely,
Jamilah Ahmed Kahlifa.

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